After months of speculation, rumors, and conflicting feelings, the BlackBerry 8800 has been officially announced today at the 3GSM Conference in Barcelona.
The BlackBerry 8800 smartphone offers another winning combination of superior hardware, software and service embodied by an extremely elegant industrial design,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “We spent a tremendous amount of effort refining the BlackBerry 8800, inside and out, and that effort will be evident to customers. From the premium finish to the vivid screen to the exceptional sound quality and the unmatched usability, the BlackBerry 8800 is a standout choice for mobile professionals.
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I am drooling. I was a Treo user and switched to the 8100 1 month ago. I can’t wait!
It looks really good and if I had an older model BlackBerry (pre 7130) on Cingular I would probably upgrade. GPS, W-Fi, and a memory slot aren’t enough to make me leave Verizon, or even move from a newer BlackBerry like the 8700 if I were already on Cingular.
I sure hope that when Verizon comes out with their version it has a digital camera in it.
You seem kind of sour on the most beautiful BlackBerry that I have ever seen.
http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1175
What do you have against it? Is there something that we should know?
Yawn. Next.
The features say nothing about Wifi, I don’t think it is supported in this model. Where did you get that publicity shot?
It’s no doubt a great looking phone, but no camera or 3G are a little tough to make me choose it over the BlackJack. Although I still may. However, the integrated GPS is a huge bonus for those of us on the road. That may be the clincher…
Andrew,
Your right. In the specs for the BlackBerry 8800, Wi-Fi, is not mentioned. I just assumed based on the Wi-Fi logo in the picture.
Hmmmm…
Will have to do some digging on this one.
By the way,
I got the picture from here…
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/frame_multimedia?prid=214147&attachid=422644
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/10/54/29.jpg
Here is the Rogers pic, without the Wifi logo.. Somebody get one and dig into the stack to see if they are crippling it, and that shot slipped out by accident.